Great news!!! I decided to take a three day holiday from my holiday, and returned to Vancouver to visit Bob, Les and Mary. Also, Erica (a daughter of my Dad's univerity friend) graciously offered to take me to an NHL fixture (the second one so far!). The scene was set, there remain five matches left in the regular season of eighty two games - Todd Bertuzzi (Vanvouver's offensive weapon) has been suspended for the remainder of the season for vickiously attacking and breaking another player's cervical vertebrae, and Nasland (Vancouver's leading scorer and captain) is drowning in a nine game goaless drought. Dallas are a valuable scalp, and the Canucks are fighting for a position in the playoffs...